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Direct linkTienken, C. H.; Achilles, C. M. – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2006
Most research on the positive effects of class-size reduction (CSR) has occurred in the elementary level (Word, Johnston, Bain, Fulton, Zaharias, Lintz, Achilles, Folger, & Breda, 1990; Molnar, Smith, Zahorik, Palmer, Halbach, & Ehrle, 1999). Is CSR an important variable in improving education in the middle grades? Can small classes be…
Descriptors: Class Size, Grades (Scholastic), Small Classes, Instructional Program Divisions
